Salenia scrippsae Zullo et al. 1964 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Full reference: V. A. Zullo, R. F. Kaar, J. W. Durham and E. C. Allison. 1964. The Echinoid genus Salenia in the Eastern Pacific. Palaeontology 7:331-349

Belongs to Salenia according to V. A. Zullo et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica, Salenia buddyi, Salenia cascadensis, Salenia cherei, Salenia heberti, Salenia hondoensis, Salenia mexicana, Salenia microprocta, Salenia minima, Salenia novemprovincialis, Salenia nutrix, Salenia obnupta, Salenia schencki, Salenia scutigera, Salenia sigillata, Salenia texana, Salenia tumidula

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nasca Ridge guyot, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in South Pacific

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Nasca Ridge guyot

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